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COVID-19: Rutgers Students Required To Get Vaccine By Fall, Nation's 1st University Mandate COVID-19: Rutgers Students Required To Get Vaccine By Fall, Nation's 1st University Mandate
Covid-19: Rutgers Students Required To Get Vaccine By Fall, Nation's 1st University Mandate Rutgers University will require the COVID-19 vaccine for all students who are enrolled for the 2021 fall semester, officials announced Thursday. The New Jersey college is believed to be the first in the nation to require a coronavirus shot for its more than 71,000 students before they can return to in-person classes on campus.  “We are committed to health and safety for all members of our community, and adding COVID-19 vaccination to our student immunization requirements will help provide a safer and more robust college experience for our students,” said Rutgers President Jonathan Holl…

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Rutgers Scientist Who Developed First COVID-19 Saliva Test Dies Suddenly, 51 Rutgers Scientist Who Developed First COVID-19 Saliva Test Dies Suddenly, 51
Rutgers Scientist Who Developed First Covid-19 Saliva Test Dies Suddenly, 51 Rutgers University research professor Andrew Brooks, who played an integral role in the development of the first approved COVID-19 saliva test, died suddenly over the weekend. Brooks died on Saturday, Jan. 23. He was 51 years old. Gov. Phil Murphy remembered Brooks, affectionately known as Andy, as an unsung hero of New Jersey. "You may remember that name," Murphy said during Monday's COVID-19 briefing. "Why? Because last year in the frenetic early days of the pandemic, he led development of the... so-called spit or saliva test.  "[It was] the first test to be put into use anywhere i…

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